Comments on: [REVIEW] ‘Ghost in the Shell’

By: Rachel Wagner

Rachel Wagner — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 03:07:00 +0000

In reply to Brooks Austin. Yeah it's definitely watchable which in a way is frustrating because it was close to being great. Just a few tweaks and it would have been.

By: Alistair Carlyle

Alistair Carlyle — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 02:02:00 +0000

In reply to k. Never saw SAC but yeah, apart from the few brief and well-animated action scenes, the film was soporific.

By: k

Thu, 06 Apr 2017 00:26:00 +0000

In reply to Alistair Carlyle. The TV series was much better. The anime film was basically an art film.

By: Alistair Carlyle

Alistair Carlyle — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 16:17:00 +0000

In reply to Ariel. This is a white country Ariel. If Japanese Americans prefer watching Japanese actors than they can watch Japanese films, nothing stopping them.

By: Alistair Carlyle

Alistair Carlyle — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 16:14:00 +0000

In reply to Brooks Austin. The original wasn't good either.

By: Alistair Carlyle

Alistair Carlyle — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 16:13:00 +0000

In reply to Jordan Briskin. What about blackwashing, that's worse. This is a white country after all.

By: Brooks Austin

Brooks Austin — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 06:36:00 +0000

Ghost in the Shell was one of the first non-Ghibli anime movies I watched when I first started getting into anime way back in my high school years. The franchise has always been one of my top favorite anime classics. I might still go see it but it disappoints me that this wasn’t more ambitious like the original. This makes me wonder if it would have turned out better if the Wachowksi sisters had directed it. They always cited it as a huge influence on The Matrix and they said they showed it to studios when they were shopping The Matrix around. Steven Spielberg was also at one point interested in making a live action Ghost in the Shell. I’m glad it at least doesn’t seem as bad as Dragon Ball Evolution and The Last Airbender, but anime always seems to get cursed with bad or mediocre remakes. The upcoming live action Death Note doesn’t look like it’s going to be much better.

By: k

Sat, 01 Apr 2017 02:36:00 +0000

In reply to DuoMatrix. Well said Oshii san.

By: Haley Gilbertson

Haley Gilbertson — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 01:00:00 +0000

I’ll give this movie existing credit, makes me really want to see the original anime movie!

By: DuoMatrix

DuoMatrix — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 05:52:00 +0000

In reply to Ariel.

I don’t consider this whitewashing as the original creator, Masamune Shiro, and the original director, Mamoru Oshii, have both given it their blessing. Oshii himself has stated he thinks that Scarlett was a great casting choice. When the creators themselves say they have no issues with it then that is, honestly, where the argument should stop. Unfortunately it has not and is now a dead horse.

I’ll leave here with a quote from Oshii himself,

“What issue could there possibly be with casting her? The Major is a cyborg and her physical form is an entirely assumed one. The name ‘Motoko Kusanagi’ and her current body are not her original name and body, so there is no basis for saying that an Asian actress must portray her. Even if her original body (presuming such a thing existed) were a Japanese one, that would still apply. I believe having Scarlett play Motoko was the best possible casting for this movie. I can only sense a political motive from the people opposing
it, and I believe artistic expression must be free from politics. If
this is to be a remake of the anime, I don’t think it’s necessary to
remain faithful to the way things were expressed in the anime. The
director should exercise his directorial freedom as much as possible. If
he doesn’t do so, there would be no point in remaking it.”

Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/ghost-in-the-shell-original-director-mamoru-oshii-scarlett-johansson-casting-whitewashing-a7650461.html

http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/03/21/original-ghost-in-the-shell-director-mamoru-oshii-has-no-problem-with-live-action-remake